The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-04
CITY NOTES.

WHEN WE ~
To no power in creation
The Yankee banner dips;
Well fight like all tarnatiOn,
But first we want some ships.
Each insult from John Bully
To these United States
Shall be made good most fully
When we've more armor plates.
Does Bully put his ban on
Our seamen in his ports:
Well talk to him with cannon,
When we've built the needful
forts
The fiend who is continually asking
''is this warm enough for you" is get
ting in his work early this season.
The Board of County Commissioners
will meet at the Court House to day, and
will transact the routine county business
Straw hats are i'm demand now, and
large number of the old last summers
hea igear were displayed on the streets
yesterday.
The yacht regatta mentioned IN yester-
day IS paper as to come off on the 18th
inst. will take place on Tuesday the 18th
met. instead.
Mr.. l.. T. Hazlett has taken position
with the wellknOwn dry goods house of
MIR. c. p. Devereux, where his friends
will hereafter find him.
A new and substantial awning is being
put up in front of the Falk building.
formerly Graham's Hotel, which will
add considerably to the comfort and APP
pearance of that building.
Capt. A V. Mount is removing his
store from upper Lemon street to the
corner store room in the Hart block. cor
ner of Lemon and Water streets where
his customers will find him after this
week.
Mr.. A. p. Canova has placed his skele-
ton of the Manatee on sea COW, at Sands
store where 1T is for sale. The skeleton
is a rare curiosity, and will no doubt be
purchased by some one taking an inter
est in such things.
PaIatka presents a better outside ap
pearance this winter than ever before in
her history. We have more and finer
buildings than heretofore, streets and
crossings in better condition, and the
health of the town is well nigh perfect
We are having splendid moonlight
nights, just such as lovers delight to
bill and COO in. Couples and parties
| can be seen on the streets and walks
every evening enjoying the delights aft
| forded by the moonlight and warm
weather.
Mr.. j. w. Beer is now filling the po-
| sition of soliciting agent for the De Bary-
Baya steamboat line. and is proving
quite as efficient az he has always been
| in other lines of business. His head
quarters are with Mr.. Kersting at the
drug store.
| A grand excursion will be given over
the Florida Southern and the =. F. &
w. Railway on Sunday. Goth inst, to
Lake City for the A. nj. f. Conference,
which will be in session there at that
time. The railroads have greatly re
duced the rates, and LIZ Ike City will no
ooups 10 pdCheu iuil VI peoPic oh thdl
day.
| Our society bellies had as we'll be pre-
pared to withstand a regular seige pretty
soon as one of our hapdsomest and most
popular bachelors is learning to waltz.
| When he once learns, he is going to make
the boys green with envy as they watch
his graceful glides, and the lover-like
way he will hold his girl. His name
might be Sam, but he is better known as
Benjamin Boyd.
| Mr.. Dan. ID. Bidwell, of the Spring
field (Mass.) Union, was in town
Yesterday and gave us call. He will
write letters from all portions of
the State to his paper. He has
none of the ear marks of the Calamity
liar" and we hope his letters may fairly
represent what he is actually sees and
learns while among us.
Wednesday night two negroes broke
Co. and stole two barrels of -four. They
placed the barrels outside the building
and hired a teamster to haul them off. The
teamster, on learning that the goods
were stolen, carried them back, and the
thieves sought safety in flight. Yester-
day Deputy Sheriff Perry chased one into
the swamp. where ne hid in the thick
underbrush. The officer thinks he will
get the thief yet.
BY some mistake, the driver Of one of
the teams engaged to return the articles
used by the Ladies' Memorial Society at
their late fair, delivered two chandeliers
at the wrong places, and the ladies of the
Society are anxious to know who has
them, so that they can be returned to